Sam Come Back (List #1)

Sam Come Back by: Susan Stevens Crummel illustrated by: Janet Stevens

Who is Sam, and where did he go?

Sam the cat is on my lap. Sam ran. Sam, come back!

Sam ran that way. Nab that cat! See Sam in the sack.

Sam ran that way. Nab that cat! See Sam in the pack.

Bad Sam! Sam, come back! Jack, Jack! Sam is back. Pat

Sam on my lap.

Think and Respond

1. Read the story above. Put a 1 next to the event

that happened first, 2 next to the second, and 3

next to the third.

____ Jack tried to nab Sam.

____ Sam came back home.

____ Sam sat on the girl’s lap.

2. What does the word, “nab” mean?

______------______3. Do you think that Sam would make a good pet?

Why do you feel that way?

______------______4. Look at this word, sack. Make 5 words that

rhyme with it. *Your words can be real or

nonsense words. Example: dack (nonsense word)

1.______2.______

3.______4.______

5.______

5. If you had a pet, what would you name him or her?

______------______